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Billionaire who owns Sahara Las Vegas Casino seeks $100 million from Reno for new stadium
Publicly funded stadiums are common. The $1.9 billion Las Vegas Raiders Allegiant Stadium received $750 million from the state in 2016.
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Disgraced former US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick dies at 94
Accusations against McCarrick surfaced in 2018, after the Vatican investigated the claims and found enough evidence to deem the allegations credible. He has been accused of sexually abusing people as far back as the 1970s.
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NY Gov Hochul signs several gun control measures into law
Second Amendment groups have criticized Hochul's latest efforts to tighten gun control laws, arguing that crime is still rampant in the state despite the current restrictions.
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New York watchdogs urge lawmakers to reject Gov. Hochul plan to expand control of state spending
Specifically, the groups called on lawmakers to reject the governor’s permanent authority to issue up to $4 billion in short-term revenue anticipation notes.
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Obama-era change to human testing, now implemented, sparks concerns of Tuskegee syphilis experiment
Ever since the Tuskegee case, U.S. scientists have been required to obtain “informed consent” from research subjects.
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Initial autopsies of Gene Hackman and wife shows no external injuries, following unexpected deaths
Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their Santa Fe home on Wednesday, after sheriff deputies responded to a request for a wellness check of the couple, who reportedly had not been heard from for two weeks.
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Russian chess legend and former world champion Boris Spassky dies at 88
Spasskey was most known for losing 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer, despite winning the world title in 1969. He held the title until the match with Fischer.
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Epstein contacts feature big names: Alec Baldwin, Mike Bloomberg
Along with the flight logs of his private plane, Epstein's contact book became public.
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Youngkin issues executive order directing law enforcement to assist ICE
Youngkin signed Executive Order 47 to “keep Virginians safe from dangerous criminal illegal immigrants,” which will deputize Virginia State Police and corrections officers to assist in federal immigration enforcement.
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PA must find a way to bridge the gap amid a projected 20% rise in energy demand over next 4 years
For Gov. Josh Shapiro, that means considering anything and everything to solve the problem including artificial intelligence and robots to monitor and defend existing generation facilities.
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Washington state lawmakers advance bill allowing state agencies to decertify elected sheriffs
Bill passed out of House committee would allow state agencies to decertify elected sheriffs if they don’t meet state standards.
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South Carolina schedules a firing squad execution for next week; 1st in U.S. in 15 years
Brad Sigmon, 67, is on death row for the 2001 beating death with a baseball bat of his former girlfriend’s parents in Greenville County. He confessed that he was trying to kidnap his girlfriend and then planned a murder-suicide.
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Proposed firearm legislation in Colorado considered a 'massive infringement' by gun advocates
This legislation is just another part of an anti-firearm trend in Colorado over the past few years, which Laugesen said law-abiding gun owners in the state are “getting really fed up with.”